DotA Utilities

Aurel Vlaicu, Gyrocopter is the new agility hero added in DotA 6.68 by IceFrog. You can read Gyrocopter Strategy Guide, Item builds / skill builds here. As of now you may only read it's Aurel Vlaicu, Gyrocopter short guide, detailed guide will be added later.

2. Homing Missile (Hotkey: E):The Gyrocopter launches a homing missile that will follow the target until it impacts. The missile is inactive for 3 seconds upon launch and then begins slowly accelerating towards the target. Stuns the target for 2.5 seconds and deals damage based on how much it traveled. The missle can be destroyed by 3 attacks from a hero or tower.

Notes: Towers do half damage. Enemy has vision over the rocket once it starts moving.

3. Flak Cannon (hotkey: F)The Gyrocopter enables all of its cannons, allowing its attacks to strike all enemies in a 800 aoe. Lasts for a limited number of attacks or 15 seconds. Does not work with illusions.

Your attack range is still limited to 375 range.

Attacks: 3/4/5/6Manacost: 50Cooldown: 20

4. Ultimate: Call Down (Hotkey: C)The Gyrocopter launches two missiles at the targeted area. The first missile strikes in 2 seconds, followed by the second missile at 4 seconds. Enemies in the area when a missile strikes are damaged and slowed.

FOUND BUG WITH FLAK CANNON AND MANTA/ILLUSIONS! Listen up!Make Manta Style and go to line, use Flak Cannon and fire all rockets (3/4/5/6=depends on level of Flak Cannon) then use manta but rockets will no longer be firing on your main Aurel Vlaicu only on the illusions, but you must make this under 15 seconds of that time when you use Flak Cannon because then will the effect of Flak Cannon wont work on illusions! Good luck! (THX Icefrog you made another fun hero with bugs XD!)

arcane boots (for use first skill without worrying about running out of mana)3x bracer (for life, since he is very fragile)lothar (...)eye of skadi (the only item that works without canceling third skill)if you get up here, sell the bracers (one by one)and make buriza, buterfly (in that order), ok, now you got: arcane bots, lothar, eye of skadi, buriza and buterflyif you do not win the game with all thisor you are noobor your team is shit :D

This is [my] best item for Gyrocopter:1.Treads [Agility]2.Assault Cuirass [As gyro is fragile]3.Assault Cuirass[To Make Him Stronger]4.HoT [To Make him Kill Resistance]5.Desolator[Damage + Minus Armor = Awesome]6.MonkeyKingBar[Prevent from missing]

I read the comments and I realize that if you keep saying Imba the Hero is going to been erase in 6.69 8Just kidding)My Build is this:- Bottle (For runes)- Arcane Boots- Yasha (Prepare for Manta)- HoD (Prepare for Khadgar)- Manta- Khadgar (Magic resistance coooos Gyro is weak)- Assault Cuirass

you must have huge health to avoid pindown or getting killedatleast you have chance to survive, you can have 3 bracers 1 vanguard at first. and then proceed to the items...

the important items for this hero is about getting large HP(and lifesteal to ensure killing) ... dagger to jump in to the battle (to chase the enemy with homing missile) and shivas for slowing the enemy

My Items : Arcane Boots for Mana : Butterfly for Everything in Agility need : Manta Style for Illusion and agility also : Shiva's Guard for slow : Assualt Cuirass for Plus Armor on you and deduction of armor to your oppenent. : Eye of Skadi for Armor with Slow and More Intelligence

With gyro, your third skill has very low mana cost and very low cool down, and it's based on your current damage. So mainly you want to increase your damage so you can farm like crazy and own like crazy in teamfights. You'll also need some HP or armor in order to survive long enough to get abilities off. I often go vanguard, sometimes BKB (if playing against nukers), and occasionally aghanim's (for the HP plus some extra damage for your ulti). I've been buying orchid for mana regen, silence, and damage, but I think I may try eul's to set people up for ulti. Good idea.

After playing this hero a bit more, here's my new build. Usually I get a bracer, a ring of aquila, and arcane (unless I want to save for BoT). Next core items are BKB and Aghanim's. (BKB lets you survive teamfights so you can spam all your skills. Aghanim's gives you global cast range on your ulti, so don't forget to use it!) Then take Butterfly to make flak awesome. Optional items: Manta, Ethereal, Veil, Urn, Heart, and Lothar's. Items NOT to buy, since they cancel flak cannon: MKB or any orb.

Some people don't take flak cannon until late game, but IMHO that's a mistake. Flak has very low c.d. and mana-cost, and a decent range even at low levels. I use it to farm and harrass in the early game, and almost always end up dominating my lane and sending enemies back several times to heal at their fountain. Position gyro behind the line of enemy creeps, then hit flak cannon. The enemy heroes will have to stand so far back to avoid getting hit that they won't even get XP. The mana cost on this skill is so low that you can spam it with just a sobi mask.

Also, buy observer wards! You're a bit flimsy, so the one thing you don't want to do is get ambushed by several enemies while farming.

With BKB, Gyrocopter is the ultimate teamfighter. I usually get scores around 11-5-25 with this build. Support your team and enjoy the ownage!